Two months before her death, Richards was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then-President Joe Biden.

The activist modernized Planned Parenthood and transformed the organization into a formidable political player.

What her famous mother did as Texas governor, Cecile carried on by standing up a range of progressive and pro-choice ...

Cecile Richards, a national leader for women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died. She was ...

Former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards is dead at 67. The human rights activist battled brain cancer since 2023.

Cecile Richards, a women’s rights crusader who served as president of Planned Parenthood as the nation approached a critical ...

Former Glamour Editor in Chief Cindi Leive remembers a two decades long friendship with the titan of the reproductive rights ...

Ten days before the 2016 election, I was standing in a cinderblock room in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with Cecile Richards and other ...

"Our hearts are broken today but no words can do justice to the joy she brought to our lives," her family said in a post on ...

Richards, the daughter of former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, spoke at the Democratic National Convention last year.

“Cecile fearlessly led us forward to be the America we say we are. Carrying her mom’s torch for justice, she championed some ...

A former Planned Parenthood president and staunch women's rights advocate Cecile Richards has died at the age of 67.